Wisdom from India: 33 proverbs and quotes

India is a vast country with an enormous population, and it’s a source of great wisdom too. Many great thinkers have been influenced by wisdom from India.

So today, let’s explore some wisdom from India in the form of proverbs, sayings, and quotes.

I have the greatest respect for India, its traditions, and its culture, and I’ve learned much from Indian philosophy and thinking.

So take a few moments and reflect on some of the wisdom from one of the greatest civilizations on this planet we call Earth.

Wisdom from India (1-20):

1. If you can, you must. ~Bikram Choudhury
2. There is no hand to catch time. ~Indian Proverb
3. Alertness and courage are life’s shields. ~Indian Wisdom
4. When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited. ~Ramakrishna
5. Where the needle goes, the thread follows. ~Indian Proverb
6. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ~Indira Gandhi
7. What was hard to bear is sweet to remember. ~Indian Wisdom
8. Great anger is more destructive than the sword. ~Indian Wisdom
9. Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. ~Indian Wisdom
10. Don’t bargain for fish that are still in the water. ~Indian Wisdom
11. Pull someone by the ears, and his head will follow. ~Indian Proverb
12. Walking slowly, even the donkey will reach Lhasa. ~Indian Proverb
13. Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success. ~Virat Kohli
14. The eyes do not see what the mind does not want. ~Indian Wisdom
15. The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest. ~Deepika Padukone
16. I have lanced many boils, but none pained like my own. ~Indian Proverb
17. You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~Mahatma Gandhi
18. Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. ~Shah Rukh Khan
19. Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains. ~Ramana Maharshi
20. Cultivation of the mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence. ~BR Ambedkar

Wisdom from India (21-33):

21. They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing. ~Indian Proverb
22. I had no shoes and complained until I saw a man who had no feet. ~Indian Wisdom
23. Certain things capture the eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. ~Indian Wisdom
24. What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. ~Salman Rushdie
25. Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realm of inspiration. ~Azim Premji
26. You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian. ~Amit Kalantri
27. Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret to success. ~Swami Sivananda
28. You sometimes forget the harm that was done to you, but never the harm you have done to others. ~Indian Wisdom
29. There’s nothing noble in being superior to some other man. True nobility is in being superior to your former self. ~Indian Wisdom
30. Happiness radiates like the fragrance of a flower and draws all good things towards you. ~Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
31. We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. ~Swami Vivekananda
32. A man is born alone and dies alone, and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone, and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. ~Chanakya
33. We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. ~Albert Einstein

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